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Whats Fueling MySQLs Rapid Growth

Andy Oram, an editor at OReilly & Associates, was sitting at a lunch table at the recent MySQL user conference. On one side sat...

PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle Rush to Certify Apps for Oracle 10g

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to adopting Oracle Corp.s major new release—Oracle Database 10g—will soon be overcome, as PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle itself and...

S&P Ups Oracle

Compared with peer companies, the S&P thinks Oracle is trading at a discount based on price-earnings and P/E-to-growth metrics, while its profitability is well...

Ellison Sells $252 million+ of Oracle Stock

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison sold over $252 million worth of Oracle stock in the past few weeks as part of an automatic-sales plan. Ellison...

Keep an Eye Out for Phatbot Variants Targeting SQL Server

Reports of possible "super" security exploits have been swirling recently. From the Internet Storm Center at The SANS Institute on Sunday came an unconfirmed...

CA Offers Pack for Reining in Oracle Databases

To help enterprises get a better handle on steering large and complex Oracle Corp. databases, Computer Associates International Inc. has rolled out CA Productivity...

Anti-Spam Patents: Precursor to Consolidation?

Anti-spam managed service provider Postini last month announced that its founder and vice president of products, Scott Petry, had been issued U.S. Patent No....

Cold Warrior

Spence thought it was the multiple cold remedies he was taking or the dismal New England weather playing tricks on his mind when he...

IT Role Cited in Blackout

The worst electric power failure in U.S. history could have been avoided in part through better business continuity planning and IT management, according to...

Auditor Penalized for Consulting, Auditing at PeopleSoft

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sanctioned Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP, saying it had an improper business relationship with...